How Brex Is Building an AI-Native Compliance Program with Unit21
A decision is only as good as the evidence behind it.
That’s what Michael Farina learned over a decade investigating financial crimes at the FBI. It’s also the principle behind how he’s building compliance at Brex today.
As BSA Officer and Senior Director of Compliance, Mike has taken a different approach to AI. Not a black box. A system you can break down, inspect, and trust.
Brex decomposed its KYC process into 14 discrete steps. Then applied AI to each one. Carefully. With clear inputs, defined outputs, and human oversight where it matters.
Now they’re doing the same for transaction monitoring and investigations.
In this Safeguard Session, Mike is joined by Kunal Datta, Chief Product Officer at Unit21, along with Mitul Parmar, CEO of Safeguard.
Together, they’ll unpack what it actually takes to move from rules to reasoning:
• How Brex rebuilt KYC step by step to make AI auditable
• What AI-native transaction monitoring looks like in practice
• The data architecture work most teams underestimate
• How to design governance that regulators actually trust
• Why consistency may be AI’s biggest advantage in compliance
This is a behind-the-scenes look at how a leading fintech is operationalizing AI across compliance, from onboarding to investigations.
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